>>5773789So that’s it, huh? She stuck a parasite in you because some pizza grease gave her a <span class="mu-i">tummy ache</span>?
“Because <span class="mu-s">YOU</span> gave me a tummy ache!” The scientist snarls as she snatches the bottle of <span class="mu-s">MAPLE SYRUP</span> out of Useless’s hands and chugs it! “And now you and your friends shall pay the <span class="mu-s">ULTIMATE PRICE!</span> <span class="mu-s">ACTIVATING PARTICLE EMITTERS!</span>”
With a dramatic flourish of her fingers and a wicked cackle, Rivka triumphantly stabs one of the bigger buttons on her remote!
“<span class="mu-s">I WIN, FOOLS! TELL WHATEVER GODS ABANDONED YOU HERE THAT RIVKA BERTRUGER WILL BE COMING FOR THEM NEX-</span>erm… one moment, please…”
It takes everyone a moment to realize the emitters aren’t working–not that that’s much of a surprise to you given the havoc Raj and Pepper wreaked earlier! Giving you a wink from across the chamber, Pepper deposits Raj behind a pile of scrap as Rivka continues to mash the button!
“C’mon, <span class="mu-s">C’MOooON!</span> Stupid machines!”
Better call tech support, you boast as you adjust <span class="mu-s">SMYTHE’S HAT</span> to a roguish angle that you’ve totally included in the last few drawings, because that’s not gonna work!
To your great surprise, Rivka doesn’t lose her cool! Steadying herself with a deep breath, she instead revs the orb’s still-burning engine a few times! “If that’s the case, well…”
Her answer comes in the form of a gunshot from across the chamber! Plinking against the back of the orb, Chuck’s shot doesn’t seem to do much at first… until the whole vehicle <span class="mu-s">ERUPTS IN FLAMES!</span>
Shrieking in surprise, Rivka and her cronies struggle to regain control as the orb resumes its pinball game! You, on the other hand, give the old man a grateful thumbs up before scurrying off towards the gate!
Skidding to a halt inches away from the gate’s base, you suddenly realize just how terrible of an idea this is! Changing shape, texture, and color every second like some messed-up computer screensaver every second, the portal looks fit to collapse… or worse, <span class="mu-i">ESCAPE!</span> As if on cue, a piece of metal at your feet gets neatly bisected by a rogue piece of portal… which is all the inspiration you need to climb!
Clambering up the side like a monkey, you dodge rogue arcs of portally… energy while Chuck and Pepper continue to keep Rivka busy! As you reach the busted part of the gate, however, a horrible noise rakes against your eardrums from behind you!
“THAT’S IT! USELESS! OBNOXIOUS! GET OUT THERE!”
Yep, she’s talking… Chancing a look below you, you find two of her pet lab techs creeping out from a hatch in the back of the orb with some kind of…
<span class="mu-s">LASER RIFLES</span>? Those guys can use <span class="mu-i">GUNS!?</span>
Your answer comes in the form of two buff, parasite-ridden lab techs hanging ten on top of the orb while trying to blast your friends into dust. Any other day you’d think it was cool as hell, but right now you’ve got bigger fish to fry… <span class="mu-i">PORTAL</span> fish!
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